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Working toward a socially and economically just British Columbia
Established in 1997, the CCPA’s BC Office investigates key challenges facing our province through independent research, analysis and expertise. We propose real, workable solutions, and share our findings as widely as possible to advance social, economic and environmental justice – and to challenge the message that there is no alternative.
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Tackling racial inequality in Vancouver’s housing crisis: a new community research initiative
This initiative seeks to shed light on the racialized dimensions of Vancouver’s housing crisis and to develop data-driven housing policies that prioritize both racial equity…
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This election we need a conversation about phasing out fossil fuels
In this BC election, we need to have a real conversation about upping our climate game. That means phasing out the production and consumption of…
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If Canada wanted reconciliation, it would stand with Palestine
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More privatization is not the answer for BC health care
Leading up to the 2024 election, the BC Conservatives are promising major health care reforms, in particular a greater role for private health care. More…
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The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion was an expensive mistake
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A Decade of Migrant Care Worker Programs
For more than a century, Canada has seen thousands of migrant care workers enter the country to provide much needed care work.
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Canada’s Broken Promises to Migrant Care Workers—More Pilot Programs Not a Solution—
VANCOUVER — The federal government must ensure that just-announced pilot programs for migrant care workers are not the latest in a series of failed such programs,…
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It’s a housing crisis. Why are cities like Vancouver still banning apartments in most areas?
Vancouver is the epicentre of BC’s housing crisis and shortage. So why does the city still effectively ban new apartment buildings on most of its…
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Capital gains tax increase is a step towards a fairer tax system in Canada
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Building equity: lessons for affordable housing in BC
No topic has dominated the headlines in recent years more than housing, or the growing lack of affordable options in Metro Vancouver and other cities…
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Expensive housing eroding BC’s economy — new report offers solutions agenda
VANCOUVER – Scarce and expensive housing is eroding the province’s liveability and economy and the skyrocketing price of homes has become a source of enormous wealth…
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Building Equity
No topic has dominated the headlines in recent years more than housing or the growing lack of affordable options in Metro Vancouver and other cities…
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